The coach of the boys high school lacrosse team in upstate New York where at least 11 players are accused of hazing younger members said he is heartbroken for the community, while denying that the team’s staff knew anything about the alleged incident before it happened. “To the victims, their families, and everyone in the…
If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic that Pope Francis’ successor could be a Black cardinal from their continent. The answer will come soon, as the cardinals eligible to elect the new…
An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts, who are now back home. Minutes before…
LONDON — Transgender women will be banned from playing on women’s soccer teams in England following a U.K. Supreme Court ruling last month, the sport’s governing body said Thursday. The Football Association said it had decided to change its rules that had allowed transgender athletes to play on women’s soccer if they had reduced testosterone…
Apple violated a U.S. court order that required the iPhone maker to allow greater competition for app downloads and payment methods in its lucrative App Store and will be referred to federal prosecutors, a federal judge in California ruled on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland said in an 80-page ruling that Apple failed to comply with her prior injunction order,…
“I felt a deep need to express my gratitude, my respect and my desire to strengthen the spiritual bond with the figure who, to me, represents the heart of the Catholic faith,” said Daniel Sanz, who had traveled from Spain. “Being in the presence of the pope was a moment of profound emotion and reflection,…
MELBOURNE, Australia — Tourist Nash Core admits he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son waded into the ocean off the Australian coast to help rescue a 10-foot great white shark stranded in shallow water. Three local men managed to return the distressed animal from a sand bank into deeper water after an almost…
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Supreme Court overturned on Thursday an earlier ruling that had cleared election frontrunner Lee Jae-myung of violating election law, throwing into doubt his eligibility to run for the presidency. Lee, the candidate of the liberal Democratic Party that controls parliament, leads opinion polls to win a snap presidential election set off…
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said the construction of a new bridge linking it to Russia is a “significant” development in relations between the two countries, state media reported Thursday. Russia and North Korea on Wednesday began construction of a road bridge that will span the Tumen River. It had been in discussion for years but was agreed on during a visit by President Vladimir Putin to North Korea in 2024. “It provides…
Former “Project Runway” production assistant Miriam Haley was back on the witness stand Wednesday testifying in graphic detail how disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her 19 years ago at his Manhattan apartment and, later, for a second time, at a New York City hotel. Sobbing on the stand, Haley told the court that…
